Capridrifter

I got pulled over for speeding before......On my BMX....of all things...No don't ask how fast he said I was going...with no brakes...lol

minichamp31

How fast did he say you were going?

CMcMahon

I laughed. Really.

Capridrifter

Sigh...ok.....Around 40 in a 25....it was a huge hill....
Perhaps someday i'll strap a cam to the bars and show ya...lol
He also said "boy yur gunna kill yurself on that thing"


Some how I get pulled over more often on a bike then in any of my cars.....

garysol1 

The above response should answer the OP's question.....Yea, I am an old guy and roadie to boot but I grew up skating and riding BMX in the 80's and believe me when I say nothing has changed. I hate seeing street "punks" riding on sidewalks and curbs around stores where people are just trying to walk, shop and live there lives just as much as people who were my age hated me back then. What comes around goes around....LoL. People feel threatened by younger guys who typically have longer hair, piercings and ink. It's just the way it is. Put a bunch of girl scouts riding bikes in the same spot and I am sure no one would care less.

Capridrifter

How about the time when this cop asked me "why am I riding a "kids" bike?" I told the guy

Look I doubt you will find a kid that can fit this bike and ride....my bike is set up for a 190lb 6'1 dude and it also weighs around 50 lbs according to the bathroom scale, So I wouldn't call this a "kids bike" by any means......

and I got my license back and rode off....some cops can be d!cks about BMX bikes.

I was however riding up a flat parking lot at 1:00 in the morning ...lol

fuzzbox

50lbs? How did you weigh your bike on a bathroom scale?

abowler10154

I'm still trying to figure out how you ride up a flat parking lot...

MadMan2k

His bike is so heavy the parking lot caves in under him, so as he rides forward to escape the ever deepening hole he has to ride in an upwardly direction.

Capridrifter

haha I didn't mean "up" as in literally up.. I meant up as in like "rippin it up, just riding in general"

But its funnier that way so whatever its all good.

UncleJoey

So I pass up this unfinished strip mall on my mtb every day on my commute. I rode around the exterior of the buildings and noted the tall curbs, ledges, and stairs(rare for my area). I saw my neighborhood police officer while leaving and he asked me if I knew what stores were going into this strip mall. I answered and he told me to have a safe ride home.

Saturday I rode my bmx up there and after riding around the same officer roles up and got out of his patrol car, and waved me to come over there.
He asked me "Don't you think you're a little too old for riding like that?".
I'm 22, covered in sweat and winded so I replied "No sir, It's hard to find something as much fun. Besides, this keeps me healthy.".
He asked why I don't drive my car to college and work. I explained the benefits I gain from cycling. He said I should wash my car, be sure to start it once a week, blah. Then he told me I'm okay to ride there as long as I don't vandalize anything. Lastly he added I might want to head home as I don't have any reflectors on my bike.

It's cool what being polite can do for you. If i were on the MTB I bet he'd think I was just passing through like said before. I bet if I was shirtless and he saw my tattoos then his prejudice wouldn't allow me to continue riding there. Sad to say but that's my experience.

fuzzbox

Today was just ridiculous as far as this goes. 3 times they came in the span of 2 hrs. I was first out and my friend's brother was skating so he heard the officer say, "Doesn't it stink to be the last one out." or something like that. Why doesn't this city just man up and build a bike park or let bikes in?!

Meepers

hold your bike and stand on the scale. put your bike down, stand on the scale. subtract, you have your bikes weight.

jsharr

So wait, is the the BMX Hate thread or the BMX Weight thread?

fuzzbox

Except that isn't very accurate because if you don't have your bike perfectly centered the weight will vary.

ascend

No it won't, it'll just be harder for you to balance on the scales while holding it. As long as all the weight is being transferred through your feet to the scales (and you're not leaning against a wall/etc for support) it doesn't matter what angle you hold the bike.

abowler10154

What if you levitate over the scale? And i think that fuzzbox is right, it will vary, never done it though.

ascend

It shouldn't, unless your scales themselves are dodgy and measure differently on different parts of their surface, in which case putting more pressure on one foot than the other or just facing a different direction will probably make you weigh differently too. In which case they're pretty useless scales!

As long as you're balanced on the scales and not falling over or holding onto something for support, your mass is by definition centred over the scales. If it's not centred, you fall over.

And when you're holding a bike up off the ground too: again, the combined mass of you and your bike is still by definition centered over the scales. If it's not, you fall over.

Even if you hold the bike way out in front of you or off to the side, you'll either stick your bum or hips out to compensate, and remain centered, or you'll lose your balance and fall over.

Either way holding a bike up while standing on the scales is no different to if your own weight had mysteriously increased by the weight of the bike. The key is don't hold onto anything for support, and don't fall over.

CMcMahon

Kids need to stop worrying about how much their bike weighs. A lighter bike does not make a rider better. I don't bunnyhop or air any higher on my 20-something pound bike compared to my old 40-something pound bike; it's all in the technique.

Meepers

it gives you a rough estimate. and that is how you weigh your bike on a bathroom scale, i didn't way it was perfect, just answered the question of how it is done.

fuzzbox

+11000000000000000000000000

fuzzbox

Yep, but they are stubborn and lack knowledge even though everything was explained to them.

Capridrifter

weigh yourself, then hold the bike in your arms, step on scale, then do basic subtraction...easy
I just got done swapping some parts out I'm hoping it lost a lot of fat

abowler10154

Agreed, except that a 20 pound bike is easier to manuver than a 40 pound bike, but like a 25 pound bike makes no difference than a 30 pound bike. I love when kids on youtube and stuff, say "i cant 180, i think its because my bikes to heavy"

fuzzbox

20lb bike is more squirrely compared to a 40lb bike.